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Representing Numbers - Using Counters WORKSHEET
Suitable for Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade
CCSS: 6.NS.C.6.A, 7.NS.A.1.D
CCSS Description: Recognize opposite signs of numbers as indicating locations on opposite sides of 0 on the number line; recognize that the opposite of the opposite of a number is the number itself.
Apply properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract rational numbers.
Apply properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract rational numbers.
Representing Numbers - Using Counters WORKSHEET DESCRIPTION
Directed counters offer a concrete way for students to understand and manipulate the abstract concept of negative numbers, making it easier for them to grasp the principles of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division involving positive and negative values. This worksheet introduces directed counters and zero pairs to learners as they use the counters to represent positive and negative numbers in different ways.
The different sections will see your pupils: identifying and forming zero pairs, representing and identifying numbers, solving magic squares and beginning to consider the addition and subtraction of negative numbers.
See are selection of follow up worksheets where directed counters are utilised for addition and subtraction.
